PAUL’S MISSIONARY STRATEGIES AS PARADIGM FOR EFFECTIVE EVANGELIZATION, PASTORAL DUTIES AND DISCIPLINE IN THE CONTEMPORARY NIGERIA SOCIETY

Abstract

This study advocates for the appropriation of Paul’s Missionary Specifics as blueprint for effective evangelization, pastoral duties and discipline in the contemporary Nigeria’s society. This study adopts a documentation research method by employing both primary and secondary methods of data collections. The primary sources of data were convoked from personal communications while the secondary sources of data accrue from the bible and other extant literatures on the subject matter. Hermeneutical and phenomenological analysis methods were qualitatively utilized in streamlining and delineating the gathered data. Findings posit that reasonable number of individuals in the contemporary Nigerian societies hardly yield to the propositions of the gospel. They perceive the Church and her missionaries as scammers. Absurdities exhibited by some church clerics equally catalyze moral decadence in the society as they ought to serve as models. Since the theory of integral missions is adopted in this research work; it proposes as remedy to the evidenced ugly developments that the contemporary Nigerian pastors cum churches should endeavor to be selfless and holistic in their missionary enterprise in order to always make remarkable and positive impacts in the society. They should also reflect Agape love; live their teachings and preaching; always reflect Christ in their dispositions together with always empathizing with individuals in the vicissitudes of life they experience in the Nigerian societies. These submissions equally capture the locus of Paul’s Missionary Strategies.